FLOODS: Consultation on strategy

Draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy Consultation

Calderdale Council, as a lead Local Flood Authority, has a legal duty under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 to “develop, maintain, apply and monitor” a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. To this end, they are currently running a consultation to gather views on the draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy for Calderdale.

This draft Strategy is a tool to help understand and manage flood risk within Calderdale. Its principal aims are to tackle local flood risk including flooding from surface water, groundwater and ordinary watercourses. However, in Calderdale flooding from Main Rivers, canals and reservoirs create complex and interconnected sources of flooding, so this Strategy considers all flooding.

A paper version of the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy can be viewed at:

Elland Library

Brighouse Library

Sowerby Bridge Library

Halifax central Library

Mytholmroyd Flood Advice Centre, open three days a weeks as follows:

Monday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Wednesday 11.00am – 7.00pm

Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Hebden Bridge Library

Todmorden Library

They are keen to receive feedback on the proposed strategy. All views expressed in this consultation will be taken into account as they prepare a final strategy for approval by the council’s decision-making Cabinet later this year. You can have your say by one of the following: